Firearm.



No. 806,007. I PATEN'I'ED NOV. 28, 1905.

A. W. SAVAGE.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED APE 8.1904.

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ARTHUR W. SAVAGE, OF UTICA, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR TO SAVAGE ARMS COMPANY, OF UTICA. NEW YORK.

FIREARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed April 8, 1904. Serial No. 202,129.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. SAVAGE, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Firearms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide an improved firearm which is easily and cheaply constructed and constructed with a minimum number of parts and adapted to be assembled and disassembled for the purpose of examination or cleaning or otherwise in an expeditious and convenient manner.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the breech portion of the arm, together with certain-p0 rtions of the stock. Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1'. Fig. 3 shows a bottom view of the bolt and firing-pin, with the firing-pin in retracted position. Fig. 4 shows a view of the firingpin removed from the breech-bolt in connection with an internal spring for operating it. Fig. 5 shows a section taken on line E F of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows a section taken on line A B of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 shows a section taken on line C D of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 shows a longitudinal section, the position of the arm being reversed from that shown in Fig. 1. In this figure the bolt is shown in its open position. Fig. 9 shows the same as Fig. 8, with the bolt in closed position and the parts in position ready for firing. Fig. 10 shows a plan view of the combination-trigger employed in the construction. Fig. 11 shows a rear end view of the barrel and working parts, together with a cross-section of the bolt and stock.

Referring to the reference letters and figures in a more particular description, 1 indicates the barrel, which is continued to the rearward, forming what might be called the receiver portion 1*. The barrel is mounted in a wooden stock 2, which is secured to the barrel by a screw 3. What may be termed as the receiver portion of the barrel is bored longitudinally to a sufficientdiameter to receive the cylindrical breech-bolt 4, while the body of the barrel is bored to the caliber of the arm. Intermediate of these two is a conical portion or boring 5, and at this pointthere is a transverse cut made, as indicated at 6, which cuts out substantially the upper half of the barrel and makes the opening through which the gun is loaded and from which the empty shells are ejected. The forward end of the bolt 4: is formed into a frusto-conical shape, as shown, so that it may be closed without interfering with the form of the conical opening 5. The bottom of the conical opening5 formsasemiconical loading-table of relatively large size as compared with the diameter of the bore of the barrel and the size of the cartridge, on which the cartridges can be laid when the bolt is in retracted position preparatory to being forced forward into the barrel, and the conical form facilitates the cartridges entering the barrel when the breechbolt is moved to closed position.

For operating the bolt it is provided with a handle 7 This handle is preferably bent, so as to take a position by the side of the arm, as shown in Fig. 11, when the breech-bolt is closed and in position ready for firing. In the rear end of the receiver portion there is provided an angular-shaped slot 8, which extends out to the end of the receiver portion, and, as to this portion, provides a passage for the shank of the handle 7. As to the other portion of the angular slot 8 it allows the bolt to be rotated and the shank of the handle to pass into the angular slot, whereby the bolt is held against rearward pressure. The bolt is provided with an axial opening, which receives the firing-pin or hammer 9. The hammer is of cylindrical form, and is also provided with an axial opening which receives the mainspring 10. The forward end of the mainspring 10 abuts against the closed front end of the firing-pin. Within the firing-pin there is provided a sliding block 11, substantially fitting the mainspring-opening, against which the rear end of the mainspring 1O bears. For securing the firing-pin within the bolt there is provided a transverse pin 12, passing through the rear endof the bolt and through the slotted opening 18 in the walls of the with the plug or stopper 14, which closes the rear end of the opening in the firing-pin.

The notch in the block 12 is of such depth longitudinally that there is some freedom allowed for movement of the pin 12 therein. On the forward end of the bolt is mounted the shell-extractor 15. The combination-trigger 16 is pivoted in the receiver portion of the barrel at 17 and is provided with the finger portion 16 The catch-shoulder a, of the trigger is adapted to engage the front end of the firing-pin or hammer and hold it in retracted position when the bolt is operated to closed position. A spring'l8 is provided for throwing up the forward end of the trigger, and, among other things, the shoulder a into operative or securing position. The under side of the breech-boltiis cut out, as shown at 4:, to providea clearance for the forward end of the trigger, and the cut-out is of such form that the partial rotation of the bolt in locking and unlocking is provided for. The form of the cut-out 4 in the under side of the bolt is shown in Fig. 3. At the forward end of this cut-out and adjacent to the forward end of the bolt there are provided a pair of inwardlystanding-shoulders 6 5. The forward end 16 of the trigger is made thinner than the balance, whereby a pair of shoulders c c are provided, and the part 16' is adapted to pass between the shoulders 6 t on the bolt. The forward end of the trigger (the part 16) projects beyond the face end of the breech-bolt when it is retracted and serves to engage the head of the cartridge-shell and act as an ejector. In order to prevent the premature operation of the trigger, (that is to say, before the bolt is fully closed and secured,) there is provided on the trigger a projection 16, which when the bolt is not in closed and locked position will strike the side of the bolt and prevent the trigger being operated. In order to prevent it from being operated when the gun is ready to fire, there is provided a recess 19 in the under side of the bolt, which will register with the projection 16. In retracting the bolt it is stopped in its ordinary open position by the shoulders 6 Z) engaging the shoulders c c. In case it is desired to remove the bolt these shoulders can be disengaged by drawing back on the trigger sufliciently. At this time the projection 16 will register with the rear part of the cut-out in the under side of the bolt and permit the operation.

The hammer or firing-pin has a strikingpoint 9, which operates through an opening in the forward closed end of the bolt. (See Fig. 5.) The firing-pin is permitted to rebound after striking by reason of the arrangement of the block 11, straddling the pin 12, and the depth of the slot or recess in the rear face of this block.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a firearm of a reciprocating breech-bolt, a reciprocating firingpin, mounted in the breech-bolt, a cartridgeextractor mounted on the breech-bolt, and a pivoted part providing a trigger, a catch for the firing-pin, a stop for the breech-bolt and a shell-ejector, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a firearm of a reciprocating breech-bolt having an axial opening, a reciprocating firing-pin received in the opening in the breech-bolt having an axial springreceiving opening or cavity closed at each end and having slotted openings in the walls providing clearance-slots, a pin passing through the breech-bolt and the slots of the firing-pin, a sliding block mounted in the spring opening or cavity of the firing-pin, the same being slotted longitudinally to afford an inde pendent longitudinal movement thereof within the firing-pin, and to receive the holdingpin and adapt it to engage the closed rear end of the firing-pin, and the mainspring arranged between the sliding block and the forward closed end of the firing-pin, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 5th day of April, 1904.

ARTHUR W. SAVAGE.

Witnesses:

J. BENJ. BRADY, EMMA S. HEssE. 

